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the Allahabad High Court, Rijiju said that by adopting technology, “we can reduce the pendency rate”.

Commending the excellent work done by the judiciary during the pandemic, Rijiju said, “It was due to technology like videoconferencing initiated a few years ago under the e-court programme.”

He praised the Narendra Modi government for allocating Rs. 7,000 crore in the recent budget for phase three of the e-court programme.

Lauding the glorious history of Allahabad high court, he urged all those associated with the bar to maintain its glory as they were celebrating 150 years of its foundation.

Regarding other ways to reduce pendency, he said the federal government was making all possible efforts to strengthen the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) method. In this backdrop, the Mediation Bill is going to be passed soon. “Though arbitration is a quasi-judicial process, mediation will be a judicial process,” he added.

He also urged organising